Vehicle-tire.



No. 67!,332. Patented Apr. 2, l90l. A. T. COLLIER.

VEHICLE TIRE. (Applicltionflled 10, 1900.)

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lhvTTsEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR THOMAS COLLIER, OF ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EDGAR OLIVER GOSS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,332, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed December 10, I900. Serial No. 39,373. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern/.- sions Z), which inclose strips of canvas c on lie it known that I, ARTHUR THOMAS COL- each side, the said strips each consisting of LIER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, one or more layers, as required.

residing at St. Albans, England, have inventd d are cores, of cord, tape, or the like, in-

ed certain new and useful Improvements in closed in the inner edges or folds of the can- 55 Vehicle -Tires, of which the following is a vas strips, and e e are other cores, of wire or specification. the like, stranded or otherwise arranged in This invention relates to pneumatic tires the outer edges or folds of the canvas strips. for cycles, motor-cars, carriages, omnibuses, fdenotes transverse threads, cords, or laces and other road-vehicles; and the said invenwhich connect the coresd together. The said 60 tion comprises an improved construction of transverse threads or cords are arranged at that type of tire wherein a solid tire or treadsuitables distances apart, as shown at Fig. 2, for example, a tread of ,india-rubber or like so as to enable the india-rubber or like maelasticorresilientmaterial-is combined with terial forming the tread to extend between a pneumatic chamber. them and eficiently unite the inner and outer 65 According to my invention the covering for parts of the said tread. the inflatable tube comprises a solid tread or g is an inner layer or layers of canvas extire of india-rubber or like elastic material, tending within the tread from one wire 6 to at or within the sides-of which are arranged the other.

2o strips of canvas or other suitable fabric conhis the air-tube. 7o sisting of a single layer or of two or more lay- My improved tire is preferably constructed ers suitably cemented together, and the inas illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, viz: Around ner edges of the said canvas stripsthat is a mandrel j of suitable shape is first placed to say, the edges thereof which are nearest the layer or layers of canvas 9, and on the up- 2 5 the tread-are secured together by transverse per surface of the said canvas is built up the 75 ligaments such as threads, cords, or laces inner portion a of the tread in un vulcanized arranged at a suitable'distance apart and exindia-rubbercompound, as shown. The layer tending through the material of the tread. or layers 0 of canvas are then placed in posi- These transverse threads, cords, or laces may tion, together with the rings or circumferenin some cases be replaced by netting of open tial cores d, the layer or layers of canvas 0 80 mesh or like fabric. The said transverse being fastened by india-rubber solution prethreads, cords, or laces can be passed around pared for vulcanization to the layer or layers circumferential cores or ringsarranged in the 9. Two laces or threads or bundles of threads inner edges of the said canvas strips, or they fare then threaded from opposite sides of the can be secured to the said canvas strips in .t-irethro1igh thecanvascunderonecoredand 85 any other suitable mannerfor example, by over the other core, then obliquely around means of india-rubber solution. The said the cores and again through the canvas, and covering can, moreover, be lined with one or so on all around the tire. The part c of the more layers of canvas to further assist in bindlayer or layers of canvas 0 is then folded down ing the canvas side Walls together. and fastened, by means of the india-rubber 0 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is solution above mentioned, to the part thereof a transverse section of myimproved tire. Fig. already solutioned to the canvas g, the edges 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of both the inner and outer parts 0 c of the illustrating the tire in the process of construcsaid canvas being folded around the core or tion. Fig. disasi'milarsectionto Fig. 1, showwire e in opposite directions, and over both 5 ing a modification. parts on each side is folded the edge of the Like letters indicate corresponding parts in canvas 9 in the opposite direction to the part the different figures. c, the whole being secured by india-rubber In the preferred construction the tire comsolution, as aforesaid. The unvulcanized 5o prises a solid rubber tread on, having extenrubber to form the outer part of the tread (1 I00 and the extensions b is then applied, so as to fill up the spaces between the lacingf, and the whole placed in a mold and vulcanized.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the circumferential cores or rings d are omitted and the lacing f replaced by transverse cords 70, which are secured to the strips 0 by the indiarubber in the process of vulcanization.

If desired,the tread can be made separately, with or without the extensions 17, and afterward used in building up the tire, which can then be vulcanized in its finished state.

It is obvious thatinstead of folding the outer edges of the strips 0 c 9 around a wire 6, as shown, the edges of the covering can be finished in any other suitable manner to suit the method of securing the tire to the rim employed in any particular case.

What I claim is 1. In a tire, the combination of an air-cham ber, a solid tread, strips of fabric inclosing the sides of the air-chamber, and ligaments connecting said strips and passing through the tread, substantially as described.

2. In a tire, the combination of an air-tube, a solid-rubber tread, strips of fabric inclosin g the sides of theair-tube, cores in said strips,

and ligaments passing around said cores and through the tread, substantially as described.

3. In a tire, the com bination of an air-tube, a solid-rubber tread, strips of fabric inclosing the side of the air-tube and extending par= tially into the said tread, cores in the edges of the said strips, and ligaments passing around said cores and through the tread, substantially as described.

4. In a tire, the combination of an air-tube, a solid-rubber tread, strips of fabric inclosing the-sides of the air-tube, cores in the edges of said strips, ligaments passing around said cores and through the tread, and a strip of fabric secured between the rubber tread and lateral strips of fabric and the air-tube, substantially as described.

5. In a tire, the combination of an air-tube, a solid-rubber tread, strips of fabric inclosing the sides of the air-tube, and extending partially into the said tread, cores in the edges of the strips, ligaments passing around said cores and through the tread for securing the tread to the strips of fabric, and an outer covering of rubber to protect the said strips, substantially as described.

6.. In a tire, the combination of an air-tube, a solid-rubber tread, strips of fabric inclosing the sides of the air-tube, ligaments connecting said strips and passing through the tread, and a strip of fabric secured between the rubber tread and the air-tube, substantially as described.

7. The herein-described method of manufacturing an outer tire or covering for inclosing an air-tube, consisting in first placing fabric around a mandrel, building up unvulcanized india-rubber on such fabric, applying strips of fabricto the sides of said india-rubber, connecting said strips together by ligaments so as to leave spaces between saidligaments,applying unvulcanized india-rubber to complete said tread and to form the exterior of said covering, placing the whole in a mold and vulcanizing the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR THOMAS COLLIER.

Witnesses:

CONRAD K. VALKENSTEIN, ALEXANDER W. ALLEN. 

